GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 909, 31 August 1910, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

} The directors of the-Rongokokako Cooperative Cheesp Company have prepared .the.following report for presentation to . the "shareholders:—'-The amount.available.for 'distribution 'is "'31312'."05.',"2d. . It is proposed to pay a bsnuis'of 2£d.. mailing a total payment ; of which will absorb <£1179 .ltis. sc!. ; to v pay, a dividend of ;6 per cent., .355 lis. Id.; to write-off depreciation, £75; and to carry forward 31. 125. : Bd. Each pound" of butter-fat yield : ,ed G.9lb. of cheese;'highest test, 6.0; lowest test, 3.1." . - *'!"• ■ 'v: '' • • There is not a unanimous feeling ?amongst. dairy.: farmers in favour of the .cow-testiiig' proposal, according to the "Star. - !; ''I .don't think it will ,be any/good/! said; one;, man. "The cows :vary too. much; '- A cow-may give a good •test .one.-- .and * go.-topieces in the following;,week. Again, she may give, a good test right .through' one' season, and the next'season be. no,good at all. What's the good of- your Cow-testing Association in such a case as that?" • We.may expect to hear-of 'a fair amount of mortality;, among Jambs.: Tho recent, very: cold,weather was rather more severe .than many of the youngsters could hope to endure. • Respecting tho'figures given in yesterday's paper showing that a Woodville farmer obtained .£ls 3s. 9£d. per cow last season, .another Woodville dairyman has informed- a Dominion representative that his return from his;.herd last year was only.; ; thr& shillings 1 per cow ; less. ''Home separation's/ becoming more common "in. tho, Coly ton district," isUhe vnfornSation";.a:;ilatmer';Jias •giyen;,a '•'pro? vincial paper. ■ '• i ' The .International Horse Show will be held next year as usual in London, and ■hot in New .York as ; is ..being freely hoped by some : of the" 'American "newspapei-s.

FREE TO ALL". DAIRYMEN. ' FARMERS AND STOCKOWNERS. The \Vellingfon edition, of SYKES'S Journal for Dairymen; Farmers, and Stockowners has now, issued from the press, and "contains' the 'most, comprehensive'information'.necessary to successful dairy-farming ever distributed. Specially useful will'be/found the extensive tables for recording the -daily milk-testing records for the year. The diseases common to cows, and their treatment are explained in :lahguage , '.that. , .'no -farmer can misunderstand. .Breeding tables, seed-sowing tables, herd register,- account books,'in fact, everything; a -fanner should know are now offered to you free. If I have overlooked your name in .the Wellington distribution, send at once a post-card to the publisher,, and. yoft., will receive one by return mail;—A'. lOYKES, Chemist, Proprietor SYKES;S.;DRENCH, .Now Plymouth. ' • ,